On
May, 21, 2003, Tieng Hat Que Huong Troupe took part in the music
show organized by VTV(Vietnam Television) named "Giao luu Am Nhac"
- Exchange relationship among traditional music bands that was
arranged at Binh Thanh Cultural Center. After performing pieces "Luu
Thuy-Kim Tien-Xuan Phong-Long Ho" by zithers band and Dan bau solo "Chieu
Dong Que-Sunset in the countryside", speaker of the show have
interviewed musician Pham Thuy Hoan and artist Hai Phuong and
hereafter is the extract:

-Speaker to Musician Thuy Hoan: Could you please tell
us why your band have the name of Tieng Hat Que Huong?

-Musician Thuy Hoan: In 1982, that was the beginning of
our band, and all members were still very very young, we
together carried out a musical program named "Tieng Hat Que
Huong" on HTV (Hochiminh Television) and luckily, this program
won gold medal. In the memory of this great event, we named
our band "Tieng Hat Que Huong".

-Speaker: Each band has it own characters, so to your
band what characters is specific?

-Musician Thuy Hoan: All traditional music bands have
the same purpose that is to preserve, popularize and develop
our traditional music. However, as you mention, each one has
their own characters. To our band - Tieng Hat Que Huong, we
co-ordinate between learning in theory and practice (stage
performance), between professional and amateur. These are
presented clearly in our quarterly performance. In the
beginning, our amateur students will carry out some items as
chances to practice, and the remainder of program will be the
performance of professional ones (who are studying or
graduated from Conservatory)

-Speaker to Artist Hai Phuong: What difficulties will
the traditional artists face? and how do you overcome?

-Artist Hai Phuong: To become professional in
traditional music field, the first thing you have to face is
hard train. Your own aptitude support you only 50% in the way
to success and 50% will be your effort, and your aptitude will
be not meaningful if you don't try your best. The second
difficulty is family's economy as you will not earn a lot
money by your profession. However, I overcome these obstacles
by my love of our traditional music.